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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which non-honors schools would you Penn State honors program over? UMD? UVA? Michigan? T30 schools?[/quote]

Honors programs are a stats grab. If you get and need the merit, that’s one thing. But if full pay, I’d Definitely choose any T30, including UVA and Mich over Penn State.
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Thanks. No merit aid here (yet). Not sure any aid is forthcoming. Deciding between Michigan and Penn State Honors.[/quote]

I've attended both schools.  I am parent age.  I left PSU Honors after freshman year.  [b]I switched to Pitt and participated somewhat in the Honors program (summarized this experience on another thread). Loved Pitt[/b]. I then got a grad degree from Michigan and really enjoyed attending Michigan.

Ann Arbor, in my opinion, has many more subcommunities/intellectual groupings for different types of students to find their people.  PSU was pretty homogenous and not very intellectual when I was there.  I would characterize it as full of suburban "student council" types.  Liberal Arts was the weakest part of PSU and that is where I entered.  I was contemplating a business dual-degree at PSU but realized the MBA I planned would duplicate the undergrad business curriculum.  I did not like the social scene at PSU either in the Honors college (seemed like 70% male engineers) or the general party scenes.  There was a lot of alcohol abuse and no real alternatives.  This goes on everywhere, so it was more the lack of alternatives that was the issue.

What was good at PSU was the campus and many of the professors.  The campus is nice and the professors met my expectations.

I would pick Michigan (which has some but not identical social characteristics) over PSU Honors unless PSU is a financially completely different situation or your kid wants to be closer to DMV.  If your DC has the stats for it, they could apply to the Michigan Honors College or a like-minded learning community.  Both schools are large and your DC will need to be a self-starter to wring maximum benefit out of the experience.  Being in a smaller, identified community can be helpful...if that community is a good fit.[/quote]

PP, can you elaborate on your Pitt honors college experience?  My DC is admitted for biology on a pre-med track.  She also has other OOS flagship admits but not for honors.[/quote]

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